Taylor, Jane, 1783-1824, Taylor, Ann, 1782-1866 · Philadelphia : T. Ash · leaf 114
ound with flowers,And hangs sweet May-buds on the hedges gay; But no warm sunshine cheers my gloomy hours,Nor kind companion twitters on the spray ! Oh! how I long to stretch my weary wings, And fly away as far as I can see;And from the topmost bough where Robin sings, Pour my wild songs, and be as… … LITTLE BIRDS COMPLAINT. P. 98. A ••* \ \ FOR INFANT MINDS. 99 Why must I hear in summer evenings fine,A thousand happier birds in merry choirs ? And I, poor lonely I, forbid to join, Cagd by these wooden walls and golden wires. Kind mistress come, with gentle, pitying hand, Unbar my prison door and…
Children's poetry, English
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